Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-01-25

ANDREWS popular opera
openu u season of two nights and one
matinee ct Turner hall on Friday even
ing of this week and will produce the
Miksdo, Girofle- Girot1a and Chimes of
Normandy. Seats can now be secured
at Wagoner's music store.
The viewers appointed to look over
the site of the proposed draining ditch
for Clay Greek bottom are making their
final report to the Yankton county board
of commissioners. The viewers are:
l.. b. Bridgmsn, G. w. Gilbert and NJ.
Oilund, of CLAY county, and A. Van
Osdel, N. F. Walch and N. Blodgett, OF
Yankton county.
The musical affair being arranged by
the ladies OF Christ church for February
4th will contain many novel and inter.
esting features. The Mother Goose
melodies will be rendered and other
taking speoialties given, mostly by the
youngest members of the Sunday school.
Costumipg Will be made Q speciality n
the whole affair will be n OF beauty
and general delight.
John A. Stafford recently sent word to
Yankton from Aberdeen that he was en-
deavoring to sell his buggy team, and if
he succeeded he would invest the money
in q pair OF snow shoes and start i'm.
mediately for Gods country, by which
he means Yankton county.
Late last evening the Northwestern
office in this city was appraised that a
storm was raging at Huron and was
moving this way. Later in the night
the edge of a hard wind hit US but lasted
only O short time. As far south as the
L. g. D. division of the Milwaukee there
was a heavy fall of snow and trains
started out last night with double
headers. Here everything is calm and
serene.
The members OF Phil Kearney post,
G.. A. r. who attended Gen Wailace's
lecture last night assembled after the
lecture in the chapel OF the Oongrega'
tional church and were presented to Gen,
Wallace as old soldiers and comrades
General Wallace chatted pleasantly fol
a half hour on matters of mutual inter.
| est, and the veterans who met him fell
more of a personal interest in his future
| than before.
A effort ID being made by the commit
tee which has the G. A. r. fair IN charge
to introduce into the fair proceedings
novelty in the shape of an evening to be
spent in company with several of tbs
we'll know war story manufacturers O
Phil KeArney post. rhos, Stewart, ID
B. Murphy, W. H. Manroe and Georg'
Baker have sleniied their willingness tt
participate and those who are acquaintei
with this list say that an evening spen
in their company is never forgotten,
The last issue of the Omaha Excelsior
q society paper, IN giving credit for tn
newspaper work on the recent CHART,
bail at Omaha, says: "The description
of the costumes in the Excelsior lie b.
Miss May Richardson, one OF the staff o
this journal, and we think will be foun'
more complete and correct than an.
other" Miss Richardson was q forme
resident OF Yapktop and is we'll know
to most Of Dur Yapkton people. She j
filling q responsible position on the Elk
~celsior.
At the meeting Of the Ysnkton build
ing loan association held last evening
the old board of directors, with the ex
ception of A. E. Colby and Wm.
Dewey, were elected to serve one yes
longer. To the former list the names {
Geo. r. Scougal and Geo. w. Robert
were added, and the board Of director
now consists of j. II. Teller, E. P. WI
q COX, a. Ellerman. Geo. w. Roberts, L
. M. Purdy, D. N. Gross. w. FL. Munro
, Fl. Grebe and Geo. r. Scougal. I'll
q ASSOCIATION is now In a hourishing Col
EDITION and demands for more stock q,
every day occurrences. Yankton WI
, see the benefit of the workings of tn
/ Organization during the coming builG
, ing season, when a large number
houses will be erected by it's members.
8 The Washington Critic has mixed Z
, the Yonngs of Dakota so complete
o that Marshal Maratta's rustling depu'
finds himself dead in the home of b
childhood. The Critic says: "Mr.
81. Young, formerly of Georgetow
q died, January 18th at FORT Pierre, ID
y kota, of consumption. He left here
o 1879 as clerk to Major Alexander Shar
paymRster United States army, b
afterwards became post trader at Fc
Sully, Dakota. Latterly he was aepu
II United States marshal of Dakota. E
"a wife was Miss Ella Clark OF Georgeto,
in 1.-THE sister of Mrs. John Oorson), who
1t left with several small children" T
mistake OF the Critic is in supposiDg
be Il. Young to be J. II. @. Young. 4
,e former died at Pierre, as stated, but {
I @issser' who was Major sharp's clerk 3